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		<title>Underfunding Marketing Makes Us Weep</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day we see companies that are unfunding their marketing. That&#8217;s particularly sad because we&#8217;re sure that&#8217;s a leading reason why companies fail.  It makes us weep, and going out of business or underperforming expectations makes entrepreneurs weep, too. Why is investing in marketing so tough to understand?  Spend a dollar, make three, ten or more.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrating Social Media into Your Growth Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a wonderful event at Growth Nation headquarters in SkySong featuring the one and only Lon Safko. Thanks to Lon and a full house of attendees who made the event fun, educational and inspirational! Our meeting was centered on developing social media strategies that fit Arizona businesses. At this event we were focused on helping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lon Safko, Social Media and Growth Nation 8/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growth Nation is pleased to be hosting the one and only Lon Safko, principal at Extreme Digital Marketing and author of The Social Media Bible, in a special advanced marketing session at our global headquarters in SkySong on August 12th from 9am to noon. Lon is one of the world&#8217;s top authorities on social media marketing. He&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Business Can Learn from George Steinbrenner</title>
		<link>http://growthnation.com/what-business-owners-can-learn-from-george-steinbrenner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York&#8230;&#8221;, starts Wikipedia in describing the Yankees. How&#8217;s that for an understatement? Love &#8216;em or hate &#8216;em, they are arguably the greatest franchise in American sports. With the passing of George Steinbrenner we can take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Export and Grow Globally</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the US Commercial Service, most companies that export only do business in one country. Expansion beyond that country represents a significant growth opportunity for companies looking for additional revenue and earnings. Recently I was honored to speak with Dr. Angel Cabrera, president of Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, at the Phoenix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growth Nation Now at SkySong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re very pleased to announce that Growth Nation has joined the international family of companies at Arizona State University&#8217;s SkySong.  ASU SkySong is an innovation center designed to help companies grow by providing carefully selected business services and programs. These services include access to new technologies, capital networks, business education and a skilled workforce. Our new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Product Failures: Pontiac Aztek</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 22:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously I posted a blog on Impactful Products www.impactfulproducts.com that articulated a product failure: the Pontiac Aztek.  Pontiac made multiple mistakes and ultimately the automaker was a victim of recent major cuts at General Motors. They ignored customer needs at your peril, which led to their demise. That  post (part II) is at http://impactfulproducts.com/when-product-management-fails-bad-things-happen-part-2/.  If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning from New Product Failures: Arylon</title>
		<link>http://growthnation.com/learning-from-new-product-failures-dupont-arylon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 01:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good product development process can create successful new products that have a positive impact on the market. Unfortunately when the product development process breaks down, the opposite is true.  Nobody likes a product failure.]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Impactful Products</title>
		<link>http://growthnation.com/impactful-products-looks-at-another-product-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great product development process can create successful new products with positive impact on the market. Unfortunately when the product development process breaks down, the opposite is true. A product development process that is not elegant or comprehensive can create some big new product disasters. One of those disasters is documented in the new Impactful Products blog.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accelerating Growth in 2010</title>
		<link>http://growthnation.com/growing-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Bruhnke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growth is accelerating, and opportunity abounds! Yes the economy has changed – and to those who understand the changes, success will follow. It is not necessarily an easy path, and so be careful on those slippery rocks! Thank you to all the clients and partners of Growth Nation for your passion to GROW. I am [...]]]></description>
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